October 22, 2012
Dear Family and Friends,
With the changes of Autumn come changes for the Quezada
family! I want to let you know that October 12th was my last
day with Amor Ministries. We have been blessed to be a part of
this ministry and serve together for the past 7 years. Dan will
continue to serve with Amor, but I am moving on to join the
team at Point Loma Nazarene University. There is a mixture of
sadness and excitement as I make this change. I’ve loved being a part of what God is doing, and I
get to continue that at PLNU. I will miss the people I’ve worked with
and miss the ministry I fell in love with. In my new position, I will be
doing many of the same things that I’ve done recently at Amor, as I
am the new Coordinator of Gift Processing at PLNU .
“Thank you” to each and every one of you for being a part of this
amazing journey with us! Thank you for your support, friendship,
prayers, and encouragement. Thank you for being a part of this
ministry with us! We could not have been here for 7 years without
you all. Dan could not continue without you. Thank you for being a
part our story — meeting at Amor, falling in love, getting married, and
starting our family. We look forward to sharing more Amor
experiences with you through Dan’s eyes! :-)
Blessings,
Katie, Dan, and Jake

Latest Newsletter

Dear Family and Friends,

Thank you for your love, prayers, and support! You get our letters because you have had and continue to have an impact in our lives.

As always, this Spring was the peak season at Amor and saw 117 groups building 254 homes in Tecate, Tijuana, Puerto Peñasco, and on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona. Dan traveled out to Puerto Peñasco a few times to work with groups, to deliver and pick up tools, and other logistical stuff. 

Summer season was in full swing by June, with 111 groups building  about 200 homes in Rosarito, Tijuana, San Carlos. This July kicks off Amor’s first ever Women of  Strength trip to South Africa! We have several Amor staff members traveling to Africa to join over 80 women from the US and Europe to build a home for a single mother in Johannesburg.

Our family had two pretty big events in the last month, reminding us that the path of life takes us both through the valleys and over the peaks. Grammie, Katie’s Dad’s mom, passed away on Saturday June 9th. We will miss her but are thankful knowing she is with the Lord and no longer in pain. The very next day, the family gathered for the wedding of Katie’s youngest brother Daniel, and his fiancée Sammi. It was a happy event that gave the family an opportunity to gather      together, draw comfort from each other, and celebrate the joy in life.

We are looking forward to our family vacation in August. We were lucky to be blessed by the generosity of a coworker of Katie’s Mom, who has a vacation home at Big Bear Lake, east of Los Angeles, which she is letting us use for a week. We can’t wait for a week of relaxation, and Dan in particular is looking forward to some green, mountain forests – which he hasn’t seen since “becoming” a Southern Californian seven years ago!

Jake continues to grow, learn, eat huge amounts of food, and amaze every day. He greets us every morning in the dim light of his room by pulling our his pacifier, clearly saying “Hi”, and then quickly sticking his pacifier back in his mouth.  He has sixteen very sharp teeth and is still struggling to come to terms with the fact that they need to be brushed twice a day. He is genuinely a happy, good natured little boy, prone to spontaneous dancing , generously affectionate with hugs and kisses and we are lucky to be his parents.

Thank you for the way you bless us with your love and friendships. We wouldn’t be who we are today without each of you in our lives, so Thank You!  Love, Dan, Katie, and the JakeMonster

How You Can Help      

If you haven’t yet had the opportunity to do so, we’d  love for you to get involved and actively participate in the ministry we’re doing at Amor. You can do that by praying for us and supporting us financially as we work to serve the needy in Mexico and on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona.

You can support us by sending  funds to Amor with KQUE/DQUE on the memo line of your check: 

Amor Ministries

1664 Precision Park Lane

San Diego, CA 92173

or visit    www.amor.org/give/staff  (that’s Katie at the top of the page!) and designate the funds to KQUE/DQUE.

If you have any questions about donations please call 619.662.1200.

Being a mother

I love being a mommy! It is like my heart gets a little bit bigger every time I look at my sweet little boy. You can't help but smile when you watch him. Sure he is a toddler and can get frustrating, but my love for him never wavers, it just grows. It is amazing to watch him learn, explore, discover, and grow. It is hard too because it feels like time is moving so quickly with him.

Jake loves to laugh and dance and play with trucks! He is very good at saying "please" and "thanks". I think his favorite word is "shoes". He can tell you what sound a train makes and he has the sound of any animal that growls (bear, lion, tiger etc) down. He can point to his head, hair, eyes, nose, ears, chompers, tongue, shoulders, fingers, knees, and feet. Jake loves to read books. We always read a couple of books before he goes to bed, as soon as his teeth are brushed he runs to his room yelling "book, book, book". 

Jake loves to play with his Dada! He loves to run around the house laughing with dad, he loves to jump with dad, he loves to play with the hose and help work on things in the garage with dad. It is a wonderful blessing to have a husband who loves playing with our son. They laugh together and "give knuckles" together. It is a beautiful and amazing thing to witness. 

I always wanted to be a mom, but I never could have imagined how fabulous it would be! I love being a mommy!

Life is crazy

The last couple of months have been crazy. My grammie passed away on June 9th and then my little brother got hitched on June 10th. The wedding was so much fun. Jake is growing like crazy. He just recently got another haircut that definitely makes him look more like Dan than before. We are getting ready for a family vacation to Big Bear, which we are super excited about. Here are some pics of the fun.

What day is it?

I am really not very good at blogging on a regular basis! :-( At least I don't completely forget to get on the computer and add some stuff.
Jake is almost 18 months old! He loves to climb, run, shout, and laugh. He is very proud of himself when he is a good helper - we are really proud of him too! He throws his hands in the air and yells YAY! He is again working on more teeth. He is getting a little better at the teeth brushing thing, he still really hates it when it is mommy or daddy's turn to brush his teeth but we are working on it. He loves his stuffed animals. He curls up with one every night now.
Easter was great fun this year. Dan's home church, Central Christian Church from San Jose, came to visit since they were headed into Mexico with Amor that afternoon. It was great fun to see those two worlds come together a bit. That afternoon we spent some time with our neighbors and the kids had their first easter egg hunt. Jake loved it until he found a toy truck then he was done. :-) Then we had a wonderful family dinner. It is fun to see Noah and Jake as they get older start to be able to do a little bit together. I am looking forward to the day they are running around playing together. Here are a few pics of the weekend:

So behind on update...

Hello again friends! It has been a long time since I have put out an update. Here is our little man. The little boy with Jake is his cousin, Noah. Jake is walking, running, climbing, going down the slide, and can show you his belly and his head. He talks all the time but still not really any discernible words. I have him working on please, it sounds like "tease" or "these" but hey it works. He has friends at daycare and is very sweet to the baby girls there too. He loves to eat. He also loves watching Monkey George, a.k.a. "Curious George". He dances during the credits almost every time and then as soon as the credits are over he points to the remote control begging us to let him watch more. :-)






We asked him to smile so we could take his picture! LOVE this picture!!!!